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                    Banking: The Key to Economic Transformation in Nepal,
                  by Hom Nath Gaire (nn 03/11/2025) 
                 
            Banks
                    hold Rs 1 trillion excess liquidity, loan demand
                    slumps  (nn 03/11/2025) 
                 
            NRB
                    to withdraw Rs 40 billion deposit for 175 days to
                    ease liquidity pressure (nn 02/11/2025) 
                 
            NRB
                    to withdraw Rs 90 billion amid excess liquidity
                  (nn 26/10/2025) 
                 
            NIC
                    Asia Bank suffers from institutional mismanagement,
                  by Uddab Thapa (nn 19/10/2025) 
                 
            NRB
                    asks banks to operate during Tihar holidays except
                    on Bhai Tika (kh 18/10/2025) 
                 
            Rethinking
                    financial literacy in Nepal: Tailored, not templated,
                  by Nirmal Aryal (ht 17/10/2025) 
                 
            Gen-Z
                    protests slow credit demand, banks cut interest
                    rates (kh 17/10/2025) 
                 
            BFIs
                    struggles to issue loans in first two months as
                    credit flow increases by 0.6 percent (rep
                  16/10/2025) 
                 
            BFIs
                    can utilise CSR budget for causes of those affected
                    during Gen Z movement (nn 15/10/2025) 
                 
            NRB
                    to invest Rs 3.3 billion in financial institutions
                  (nn 14/10/2025) 
                 
            NRB
                    to mop Rs 50 billion from BFIs for liquidity
                    management (rep 12/10/2025) 
                 
            NRB
                    increases daily limits for gold imports and
                    remittance payments (nn 10/10/2025) 
                 
            Nepal
                    Rastra Bank revokes licenses of two money exchange
                    companies (kh 09/10/2025) 
                 
            NRB
                    to mop Rs 20 billion from BFIs for liquidity
                    management (rep 08/10/2025) 
                 
            NRB
                    to withdraw Rs 90 billion liquidity today (nn
                  07/10/2025) 
                 
            NRB
                    to mop Rs 40 billion for liquidity management
                  (rep 24/09/2025) 
                 
            Upsurge
                    in remittance boosts bank deposits as credit flow
                    remains sluggish (rep 23/09/2025) 
                 
            NRB
                    to mop Rs 7 billion from BFIs for liquidity
                    management : The central bank will mobilize this
                    amount for a period of seven days through a bidding
                    process (rep 21/09/2025) 
                 
            Banks
                    lower deposit interest rates further (ae
                  18/09/2025) 
                 
            Gen-Z
                    protests: Rs 50 million cash and 18 kg gold looted
                    from Rastriya Banijya Bank (kh 17/09/2025) 
                 
            Commercial
                    banks continue to cut interest rate for fixed
                    deposit (rep 16/09/2025) 
                 
            NRB
                    to invest Rs 1.2 billion in fixed deposits (rep
                  14/09/2025) 
                 
            NRB
                    directs BFIs to keep essential banking and digital
                    payment services running (kh 11/09/2025) 
                 
            Nepal
                    Rastra Bank to withdraw Rs 50 billion from banking
                    system (kh 03/09/2025) 
            The
                    Great Contradiction in Nepal’s Fintech Future,
                  by Pratisha Lakhey (rep 03/09/2025) 
                 
            Central
                    bank betrays its digital push with digital bank
                    closure : Nepal Rasra Bank has ordered Laxmi Sunrise
                    Bank to shut down digital-only banking service
                    OrangeNXT, by Sajana Baral (kp 24/08/2025) 
            NRB
                    to mop Rs 50 billion from BFIs for liquidity
                    management (rep 24/08/2025) 
                 
            Commercial
                    banks pay 23.56 percent more income tax as their
                    profits surge (rep 21/08/2025) 
                 
            NRB
                    to absorb Rs 30 billion from banking system (kh
                  20/08/2025) 
            Average
                    NPL of commercial banks rises to 4.23 percent
                  (ae 20/08/2025) 
                 
            Banks’
                    NPL deepens despite improvement in profit earnings
                  (rep 17/08/2025) 
            NRB
                    to mop Rs 60 billion from BFIs for liquidity
                    management : The central bank said both principal
                    and interest will be repaid on September 17 (rep
                  17/08/2025) 
                 
            Ten
                    commercial banks report profit growth (kh 
                  13/08/2025), Commercial
                    banks’ dividend payout capacity up to 38 percent
                  (kh 15/08/2025) 
                 
            NRB
                    withdrawing Rs 25 billion to maintain liquidity
                  (kh 13/08/2025) 
                 
            NRB
                    eases forex threshold for service importers amid
                    healthy reserve levels (rep 08/08/2025) 
                 
            The
                    silent sufferers: A strain on Nepal's BFIs, by
                  Krishna Sharma (ht 05/08/2025) 
                 
            NRB
                    introduces new guidelines to encourage financial
                    innovation (rep 01/08/2025) 
                 
            NRB
                    absorbs Rs 194 billion liquidity in two weeks,
                    banks’ base rate falls to 4.89% (rep 31/07/2025) 
                 
            The
                    Perils of a Bad Bank for Nepal, by Ajeet Baral
                  (ht 29/07/2025) 
                 
            Over
                    53,500 individuals and entities blacklisted in a
                    year for banking offenses (rep 28/07/2025) 
                 
            NRB
                    to mop Rs 80 billion from BFI’s for liquidity
                    management (rep 23/07/2025) 
                 
            CD
                    ratio of banks drops to as low as 62.59 pc against
                    NRB’s threshold of 90 pc (rep 22/07/2025) 
                 
            New
                    NRB directive aims to streamline dividend payouts
                    and boost financial discipline (kh 21/07/2025) 
                 
            CIB’s
                    arrest of NRB official in KDBL scam sparks oversight
                    concerns of central bank (rep 20/07/2025) 
            Monetary
                    Policy : Disappointing Outcome. Despite high
                    expectations from various stakeholders, the new
                    governor Dr. Biswo Nath Paudel failed to impress
                    with a lackluster Monetary Policy announcement
                  (sp 18/07/2025) 
                 
            NRB
                    revises unified directive to implement new monetary
                    policy (kh 17/07/2025) 
                 
            Interest
                    rates on fixed deposits drop for most commercial
                    banks (kh 16/07/2025), 13
                    commercial banks cut interest rates following new
                    Monetary Policy (rep 16/07/2025) 
                 
            Stability
                    or stagnation? To actively pursue development,
                    Governor Poudel must articulate a vision beyond risk
                    management, by Bhojraj Poudel (kp 16/07/2025) 
                 
            A
                    Sound Monetary Policy—But Macroeconomic Concerns
                    Must Take Centre Stage (rep 13/07/2025) 
                 
            Central
                    bank cuts interest rates to boost credit, investment
                    : Policy rate slashed to 4.5 percent as bank targets
                    13 percent money supply growth and 12 percent credit
                    expansion (kh 12/07/2025) 
                 
            Nepal’s
                    banks accused of concealing non-performing loans :
                    Experts accuse banks of window dressing financial
                    data to conceal alarming levels of non-performing
                    assets (kh 11/07/2025) 
            Limit
                    on margin loans raised from Rs 150 million to Rs 250
                    million (rep 11/07/2025) 
                 
            Global
                    IME Bank bags Nepal’s Best Bank for 2025 (rep
                  11/07/2025) 
                 
            NRB
                    targets inflation, productive lending in new
                    monetary policy (kh 11/07/2025) 
                 
            NRB
                    raises home loan limit to Rs 30 million in new
                    monetary policy (kh 11/07/2025) 
                 
            Banks
                    say local govt hindering loan recovery process
                  (kh 10/07/2025) 
                 
            Experts
                    urge NRB to prioritize long-term stability over
                    short-term fixes (rep 10/07/2025) 
                 
            Hundi
                    Takes A Toll On Economy, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
                  08/07/2025) 
                 
            BFI
                    lending to private sector increases by Rs 400
                    billion (rep 08/07/2025) 
                 
            Governor
                    Paudel attributes banking sector woes to rising bad
                    loans (rep 06/07/2025) 
                 
            NRB
                    to mop Rs 45 billion from BFIs for liquidity
                    management (rep 06/07/2025) 
                 
            NRB
                    to mop Rs 30 billion from BFIs for liquidity
                    management (rep 29/06/2025) 
                 
            Risk
                    of non-banking assets in financial sector (ae
                  26/06/2025) 
                 
            Base
                    interest rate of commercial banks slides to as low
                    as 4.9 percent (rep 26/06/2025) 
                 
            BFIs
                    get one year more to meet mandatory credit flow
                    targets (ae 25/06/2025) 
              
            Need
                    To Expedite Banking Reforms, by Uttam Maharjan
                  (rn 24/06/2025) 
            Can
                    Governor Poudel fix the mess?, by Jagadish Dahal
                  (ae 24/06/2025) 
                 
            What
                    Banks Need to Become: Part II, by Suman Joshi
                  (rep 22/06/2025) 
            BFIs’
                    non-performing loan ratio surges to 5.24%, Up from
                    3.98% in a year (rep 22/06/2025) 
                 
            Central
                    bank to provide forex for IT foreign investment :
                    Amended bylaw sets up measures to facilitate budget
                    provision for IT service exporting firms to invest
                    in foreign countries (kp 20/06/2025) 
                 
            NRB
                    to mop Rs 90 billion from BFIs for liquidity
                    management (rep 18/06/2025) 
                 
            NRB
                    to mop Rs 40 billion to manage liquidity (rep
                  15/06/2025) 
                 
            NRB
                    forms task force to recommend banking sector reforms
                  (kh 14/06/2025) 
                 
            Commercial
                    Banks’ profits decline by 1.67 percent (rep
                  13/06/2025) 
                 
            Banks
                    issue margin loans of Rs 35.42 billion, a growth of
                    39.2 percent in 10 months (rep 12/06/2025) 
                 
            NRB to mop Rs
                    40 billion to manage liquidity (rep 11/06/2025) 
            NRB
                    starts preparations for monetary policy (rep
                  11/06/2025) 
                 
            Bring
                    Law To Promote Neobanking, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
                  10/06/2025) 
                 
            Govt
                    reverses mandatory bank statement rule in land
                    transactions (rep 08/06/2025) 
                 
            BFIs
                    still parking billions at NRB despite govt's claims
                    of economic recovery (rep 06/06/2025) 
                 
            Bank
                    transactions made mandatory for land and property
                    deals above Rs 1 million (kh 04/06/2025) 
            NRB to mop Rs 40
                    billion to manage liquidity (rep 04/06/2025) 
                 
            NRB
                    appoints Rawal as head of Supervision Department
                  (rep 03/06/2025) 
                 
            NRB
                  Governor expresses serious concern over centralized
                  credit of BFIs amid controversies in BAFIA bill
                (rep 03/06/2025) 
              
            Cyber
                    Bureau warns of phishing scams targeting bank and
                    digital wallet users : Phishing SMS attacks have
                    been increasing since March, according to the bureau
                  (kp 02/06/2025) 
                 
            Central
                    bank at the centre of controversy : If Poudel wants
                    to build a legacy for himself, he should fight for
                    the bank’s autonomy, by Paban Raj Pandey (kp
                  01/06/2025) 
            Rethinking
                    Role Of BFIs In Nepal, by Krishna Raman Adhikari
                  (rn 01/06/2025) 
                 
            NRB
                    to mop Rs 80 billion to manage liquidity (rep
                  28/05/2025) 
                 
            BOP
                    surplus reaches Rs 346.23 billion (kh
                  26/05/2025) 
                 
            NRB
                    to mop Rs 30 billion to manage liquidity (rep
                  25/05/2025) 
                 
            Writ
                    filed in SC against NRB Governor Poudel over
                    political ties (kh 23/05/2025) 
                 
            New
                    NRB Governor faces eight major challenges amid
                    economic uncertainty, by Narayan Aryal (kh
                  22/05/2025) 
                 
            Oli-Deuba
                    agree to appoint Biswo Poudel as governor of NRB
                  (kh 20/05/2025), Biswo
                    Poudel appointed as 18th governor of Nepal Rastra
                    Bank : Cabinet selects Poudel from a shortlist of
                    three after prolonged political wrangling;
                    appointment fills vacancy left since April 7 (kp
                  21/05/2025), NRB
                    Gets Deserved Governor (rep 21/05/2025) 
                 
            NRB
                    to mop Rs 2.4 billion from BFIs for liquidity
                    management (rep 18/05/2025) 
                 
            NRB
                    to mop Rs 30 billion to manage liquidity (rep
                  14/05/2025) 
            Most
                    commercial banks keep interest rates unchanged for
                    Jestha (rep 14/05/2025) 
                 
            Credit
                    expansion rises 7.1 percent in nine months (ae
                  13/05/2025) 
                 
            Dr.
                    Bishwo Paudel resigns from NRB governor
                    recommendation committee (kh 11/05/2025) 
                 
            NRB
                    to mop Rs 30 billion to manage liquidity (rep
                  11/05/2025) 
                 
            Unlocking
                    Private Credit Market in Nepal, by Suman Joshi
                  (rep 08/05/2025) 
                 
            NRB
                    employees raises questions over competence of acting
                    governor Timilsina (rep 07/05/2025) 
            NRB
                    to mop Rs 35 billion to manage liquidity (rep
                  07/05/2025) 
                 
            NRB
                    to mop Rs 50 billion to manage liquidity (rep
                  04/05/2025) 
                 
            NRB
                    to mop Rs 50 billion to manage liquidity (rep
                  30/04/2025) 
                 
            Bank
                    CEOs’ salaries not linked to performance: Study
                  (rep 29/04/2025) 
                 
            RoE
                    of commercial banks fall to 7.73 percent (ae
                  24/04/2025) 
                 
            NRB
                    to mop Rs 35 billion to manage liquidity (rep
                  23/04/2025) 
                 
            Political
                    and legal deadlock delays NRB governor appointment,
                  by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep 22/04/2025) 
            Banks
                    set aside Rs 35.07bn for loan losses in Q3 (ae
                  22/04/2025) 
                 
            Commercial
                    banks earn Rs 41.25 billion in third quarter, profit
                    rises by 1.4% (kh 20/04/2025) 
                 
            Petition
                    throws governor appointment into limbo : The race
                    for central bank head has been marred by intense
                    lobbying by various individuals and interest groups,
                  by Anil Giri (kp 19/04/2025) 
                 
            NRB
                    Executive Director Bhatta resigns to become next
                    Governor (rep 18/04/2025) 
                 
            To
                    Grow or Not to Grow: That Is the Miscalculation,
                  by Swastik Mohan Bhattarai (rep 17/04/2025) 
                 
            Central
                    bank to mop additional 30 billion (rep
                  16/04/2025) 
                 
            Net
                    profit of commercial banks surge 2.81 percent
                  (ae 15/04/2025) 
                 
            NRB
                    to mop Rs 30 billion to manage liquidity (rep
                  13/04/2025) 
                 
            Banks’
                    profit rises nominally in the first eight months of
                    current FY (rep 13/04/2025) 
                 
            NRB
                    to mop up Rs 35 billion in deposits today (rep
                  07/04/2025) 
                 
            NRB
                    allows entrepreneurs to receive foreign currency in
                    digital wallets (rep 05/04/2025) 
                 
            Base
                    interest rate of banks falls to three-year low
                  (rep 03/04/2025) 
                 
            IFC,
                    NRB launch report on impact of digital financial
                    services (rep 02/04/2025) 
                 
            NRB
                    to mop Rs 25 billion from BFIs (rep 30/03/2025) 
                 
            Nepal
                    Rastra Bank launches digital finance innovation hub
                    to boost fintech, by Krishana Prasain (kp
                  28/03/2025) 
                 
            Number
                    of blacklisted individuals surges with increasing
                    cases of loan default (rep 26/03/2025) 
                 
            BFIs
                    scale back investment in NRB’s short term monetary
                    instruments (rep 23/03/2025), NRB
                    to withdraw Rs 20 billion to manage excess liquidity
                  (rep 23/03/2025) 
                 
            Birendra
                    Mahato questions banking channels after foreign
                    currency seizure (kh 19/03/2025) 
            NRB
                    to mop Rs 25 billion from BFIs (rep 19/03/2025) 
                 
            Commercial
                    banks issued new loans worth Rs 22.74 billion last
                    month (18/03/2025) 
                 
            Bank’s
                    deposits reach Rs 6.37 trillion, loans stand at Rs
                    4.85 trillion (rep 17/03/2025) 
                 
            Commercial
                    banks’ weighted average interest rate drops to 8.55
                    percent (rep 12/03/2025) 
                 
            Non-performing
                    loans of commercial banks: How AI can revolutionise
                    their management, by Jhalanath Gautam (ht
                  11/03/2025) 
                 
            Commercial
                    banks’ profits increase by 1.6 percent in current FY
                  (rep 10/03/2025), Banking
                    sector profit sees 31.12% growth, led by commercial
                    banks (kh 10/03/2025), Commercial
                    banks’ net profit up by 1.62 percent (ae
                  11/03/2025) 
                 
            Nepal’s
                    banking sector vulnerable to money laundering: NRB
                    Governor (rep 08/03/2025) 
                 
            Nepali
                    commercial banks further reduce base interest rate
                    for this month (rep 02/03/2025) 
            NRB
                    to mop Rs 25 billion from BFIs (rep 02/03/2025) 
                 
            Monetary
                    Policy review expected to ease liquidity issues as
                    NRB Governor prepares to depart (kh 25/02/2025) 
                 
            NRB
                    to withdraw additional Rs. 30 billion from market
                  (kh 23/02/2025) 
                 
            Nepal
                    Rastra Bank to collect deposits worth Rs 40 billion
                  (kh 18/02/2025) 
            Managing
                    Non-performing Loans, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
                  18/02/2025) 
                 
            Banks
                    struggle as non-banking assets surge by 71.89
                    percent (ae 17/02/2025) 
                 
            Banks
                    increase lending but face liquidity quandary
                  (rep 16/02/2025) 
                 
            Taking
                    banking access to rural Nepal (ae 14/02/2025) 
                 
            Labor
                    Act not applicable to BFIs: SC (rep 14/02/2025) 
                 
            Global
                    IME Bank raises interest rate on personal term loans
                    amidst Pathibhara cable car dispute (kh
                  13/02/2025) 
            Banks
                    keep interest rates unchanged amid low loan demand
                  (rep 13/02/2025) 
                 
            NRB
                    to mop Rs 35B from BFIs for liquidity management :
                    Meanwhile, Rs 121 billion previously withdrawn by
                    the NRB is yet to mature (rep 05/02/2025) 
                 
            EPS
                    of commercial banks fell by Rs 5.37 in five years
                  (ae 04/02/2025) 
                 
            Current
                    account in surplus of Rs 148.17 billion: NRB
                  (rep 02/02/2025) 
                 
            NRB
                    to mop Rs 40 billion for liquidity management
                  (rep 02/02/2025) 
                 
            The
                    Unmet Objectives Of Bank Mergers, by Dyaipayan
                  Regmi (rep 01/02/2025) 
                 
            Average
                    NPL of finance companies nearly doubles in Q2
                  (ae 30/01/2025) 
                 
            NRB
                    to mop Rs 40 billion from BFIs for liquidity
                    management (rep 26/01/2025) 
                 
            Bank
                    deposits grow by Rs 558bn in one year (ae
                  24/01/2025) 
                 
            Lopsided
                    Focus on Loan Recovery (rep 23/01/2025) 
                 
            NRB
                    provides Rs 25.5bn in loan subsidies (ae
                  21/01/2025) 
                 
            Commercial
                    banks’ net profit declines by 4.36% in Q2 of FY
                  (rep 20/01/2025), Margin
                    loans of commercial banks surge 35.57 percent
                  (ae 20/01/2025) 
                 
            ADBL:
                    Supporting Agricultural Growth, by Pratap Subedi
                  (rn 17/01/2025) 
                 
            Stability
                    vs growth: Banking at a crossroads, by Prahlad
                  Giri (ae 14/01/2025) 
            Nepal
                    Rastra Bank proposes new standards to regulate
                    cooperatives (kh 14/01/2025), NRB
                    proposes strict guidelines for coops regulation
                  (ae 15/01/2025) 
                 
            Financial
                    institutions increase loan disbursement in Madhesh's
                    industrial sector  (rep 14/01/2025) 
                 
            NRB
                    Steps To Avoid Liquidity Trap, by Uttam Maharjan
                  (rn 14/01/2025) 
            Most
                    banks keep rates unchanged (ae 14/01/2025) 
                 
            Commercial
                    banks earn profit of Rs 30.59 billion in five months
                    of current FY (rep 13/01/2025) 
                 
            Six
                    more BFIs under NRB’s scrutiny (ae 10/01/2025) 
                 
            NRB
                    makes national ID mandatory to open microfinance
                    accounts (kh 10/01/2025), NRB
                    directs BFIs to open accounts using Nat’l Identity
                    Card (kh 12/01/2025) 
                 
            Banking
                    Institutions: Facilitators or new-age moneylenders?,
                  by Kalyan Shrestha (kh 01/01/2025) 
            Debate
                    sparks over criminalization of check bounces in
                    Nepal (kh 01/01/2025) 
            Stakeholders
                    warn of banking sector challenges as govt prepares
                    financial reforms (kh 01/01/2025) 
                 
            Most
                    commercial banks lower dividend rates (ae
                  30/12/2024) 
                 
            NRB
                    revokes licenses of three remittance companies
                  (rep 27/12/2024) 
                 
            Protests
                    erupt in Janakpur as Siddhartha Bank allegedly
                    auctions land ender false pretenses (kh
                  27/12/2024) 
                 
            Karnali
                    Development Bank declared troubled, management taken
                    over by NRB (kh 25/12/2024), NRB
                    declares Karnali Development Bank as crisis-ridden
                    bank, takes management control : The central bank
                    has taken over the development bank’s management to
                    protect depositors and ensure financial stability
                  (kp 26/12/2024) 
                 
            Commercial
                    banks adjust interest rates for Poush (kh
                  15/12/2024) 
                 
            Margin
                    loans surge amid low interest rates (ae
                  13/12/2024) 
                 
            Banks
                    have Rs 671bn in lending funds (ae 12/12/2024) 
                 
            Nepal’s
                    credit guarantee potential : It could channel excess
                    liquidity into productive sectors without burdening
                    the funders, by Nischal Dhungel and Nidhaan
                  Shrestha (kp 12/12/2024) 
                 
            Excess
                                                        Liquidity
                                                        Challenge in
                                                        Banking Sector :
                                                        An excess amount
                                                        of liquidity
                                                        which is more
                                                        than Rs 100
                                                        billion has been
                                                        idle in the
                                                        banking channels
                                                        due to growing
                                                        remittance and
                                                        low demand for
                                                        loans, by
                                                      Suraj Ghimire (rep
                                                      26/11/2024) 
                                                     
            Nepal’s first credit
                                                        rating: A
                                                        historic event,
                                                      by Shanker Man
                                                      Singh (ae
                                                      25/11/2024) 
                                                     
            Banks
                                                        struggle with
                                                        high  NPLs
                                                        amid protracted
                                                        economic
                                                        slowdown
                                                      (rep 19/11/2024) 
                                                     
            Over
                                                        94,000 debtors
                                                        added to
                                                        blacklist in FY
                                                        2023/24 (rep
                                                      18/11/2024) 
                                                     
            NRB
                                                        to mop Rs 50
                                                        billion in
                                                        liquidity
                                                      (rep 17/11/2024) 
                                                     
            Banks reduce
                                                        interest rates
                                                        for Mangsir
                                                      (kh 15/11/2024) 
                                                     
            Strategic
                                                        Importance of
                                                        Countercyclical
                                                        Capital Buffer,
                                                      by Rupa Rai (rep
                                                      09/11/2024) 
                                                     
            Commercial banks
                                                        experience
                                                        21.63% surge in
                                                        Q1 profits
                                                      (kh 23/10/2024) 
                                                     
            NRB
                                                        takes action
                                                        against half a
                                                        dozen BFIs for
                                                        failing to abide
                                                        by its
                                                        directives
                                                      (rep 22/10/2024) 
                                                     
            BFIs’
                                                        private sector
                                                        lending grew 1.4
                                                        percent in the
                                                        first two months
                                                        of FY 2024/25
                                                      (rep 16/10/2024) 
                                                     
            Nepal’s
                                                        digital future :
                                                        Digital
                                                        innovation has
                                                        boosted fintech,
                                                        but its future
                                                        depends on
                                                        addressing
                                                        operational
                                                        risks, by
                                                      Nischal Dhungel
                                                      (kp 08/10/2024) 
                                                     
            Dialing into
                                                        Prosperity,
                                                      by Adhiraj Regmi
                                                      (kh 04/10/2024) 
                                                     
            NRB
                                                        warns BFIs’
                                                        executives of
                                                        dismissal for
                                                        overlooking
                                                        money laundering
                                                        issues (rep
                                                      03/10/2024) 
                                                     
            Banks’
                                                        base interest
                                                        rate comes down
                                                        to as low as
                                                        6.03 percent
                                                      (rep 02/10/2024),
                                                      Fixed deposits
                                                        decline as
                                                        interest rates
                                                        come down
                                                      (ae 02/10/2024) 
                                                     
            Saipal
                                                        gets its first
                                                        bank branch. But
                                                        locals are not
                                                        happy : Everest
                                                        Bank’s branch
                                                        opens in Dhuli,
                                                        but for the
                                                        elderly and
                                                        differently-abled
                                                        people, it still
                                                        takes days to
                                                        reach the bank
                                                        for the social
                                                        security
                                                        allowance,
                                                      by Basant Pratap
                                                      Singh (kp
                                                      29/09/2024) 
                                                     
            NRB
                                                        adopting new
                                                        measures to
                                                        estimate
                                                        'Consumer Price
                                                        Index' (rep
                                                      26/09/2024) 
            Ease
                                                e-transactions : If only
                                                the most obvious
                                                roadblocks are cleared,
                                                Nepal will be on its way
                                                to a near full
                                                digitisation of its
                                                economy (kp
                                              23/09/2024) 
                                             
             
            Commercial
                                                          banks earn Rs
                                                          9.17 billion
                                                          net profit in
                                                          first month of
                                                          current FY
                                                          (rep
                                                          17/09/2024) 
                                                           
            Banks
                                                          reduce
                                                          interest rate
                                                          for Ashoj
                                                          (rep
                                                          16/09/2024) 
                                                           
            NRB
                                                          to mop Rs 100
                                                          billion from
                                                          BFIs : Money
                                                          piles up in
                                                          banks with no
                                                          demand for
                                                          loans (rep
                                                          15/09/2024) 
                                                           
            Nepal’s
                                                          financial
                                                          sector sees
                                                          significant
                                                          reforms,
                                                          by Mahaprasad
                                                          Adhikari (kh
                                                          13/09/2024) 
                                                           
            Cheque
                                                          bounce
                                                          offenses could
                                                          result in up
                                                          to two years
                                                          in prison
                                                          (kh
                                                          08/09/2024) 
                                                           
            Commercial
                                                          banks reduce
                                                          base interest
                                                          rate to as low
                                                          as 6.22
                                                          percent for
                                                          this month
                                                          (rep
                                                          07/09/2024) 
                                                           
            NRB
                                                          to mop Rs 40
                                                          billion from
                                                          banking system
                                                          for liquidity
                                                          management
                                                          (rep
                                                          04/09/2024) 
                                                           
            Vehicle
                                                          loans drop by
                                                          22 percent
                                                          (ae
                                                          03/09/2024) 
                                                           
            Banks’
                                                          interest rate
                                                          on fixed
                                                          deposit
                                                          dropped to
                                                          6.54 percent
                                                          from 10.53
                                                          percent per
                                                          annum in the
                                                          past one year
                                                          (rep
                                                          29/08/2024) 
                                                           
            NRB
                                                          holds gold
                                                          worth Rs 82.43
                                                          billion, with
                                                          an addition
                                                          25.3 percent
                                                          more
                                                          investment in
                                                          last FY
                                                          (rep
                                                          28/08/2024) 
                                                           
            Money
                                                          earned abroad
                                                          must be
                                                          brought to
                                                          Nepal within
                                                          35 days of
                                                          returning: NRB
                                                          (rep
                                                          20/08/2024) 
                                                           
            Nepal’s
                                                          foreign
                                                          currency
                                                          reserve
                                                          reaches Rs
                                                          2.041
                                                          trillion,
                                                          sufficient for
                                                          imports of 13
                                                          months
                                                          (rep
                                                          19/08/2024) 
                                                           
            Nepal’s
                                                          Economic
                                                          Landscape:
                                                          Know the
                                                          latest
                                                          macroeconomic
                                                          and financial
                                                          trends (kh
                                                          18/08/2024) 
                                                           
            Most
                                                          banks reduce
                                                          deposit
                                                          interest rates
                                                          (rep
                                                          16/08/2024) 
                                                           
            Commercial
                                                          banks earned
                                                          net profit of
                                                          Rs 64.15
                                                          billion in
                                                          last FY; Nabil
                                                          Bank topped
                                                          the list with
                                                          Rs 7.06
                                                          billion
                                                          (rep
                                                          05/08/2024), Commercial
                                                          banks report
                                                          13.4 percent
                                                          net profit
                                                          growth (ae
                                                          06/08/2024) 
                                                           
            Q4
                                                          FY 2080/81
                                                          Financial
                                                          Report: Nabil
                                                          Bank leads
                                                          with Rs 7.06
                                                          billion profit
                                                          (kh
                                                          05/08/2024) 
                                                           
            Awash
                                                          with foreign
                                                          cash, Nepal’s
                                                          central bank
                                                          relaxes
                                                          exchange rules
                                                          : The central
                                                          bank has
                                                          allowed Nepali
                                                          travelling
                                                          abroad to
                                                          carry $2,500
                                                          per trip.
                                                          Earlier, it
                                                          was $2,500
                                                          twice a year,
                                                          by Krishana
                                                          Prasain (kp
                                                          02/08/2024) 
            Monetary
                                                          politics :
                                                          Nepal Rastra
                                                          Bank eased
                                                          monetary
                                                          policy under
                                                          corporate
                                                          pressure, but
                                                          that does not
                                                          fix structural
                                                          woes (nt
                                                          02/08/2024)
                                                           
            Monetary
                                                          policy
                                                          orchestration
                                                          : The policy
                                                          has blatantly
                                                          failed to
                                                          reinvigorate
                                                          the
                                                          small-and-medium-
                                                          enterprise
                                                          (SME)
                                                          ecosystem,
                                                          by Achyut
                                                          Wagle (kp
                                                          30/07/2024) 
            Nepal
                                                        Rastra Bank
                                                        unveils monetary
                                                        policy (kh
                                                      26/07/2024), NRB reduces bank
                                                        and policy rates
                                                      (kh 26/07/2024) 
                                                     
            Promote
                                                        Literacy On
                                                        Financial
                                                        Technology,
                                                      by Rudra Prasad
                                                      Adhikari (rn
                                                      25/07/2024) 
                                                     
            NRB
                                                        takes action
                                                        against five
                                                        development
                                                        banks and three
                                                        finance
                                                        companies for
                                                        regulatory
                                                        violations
                                                      (rep 21/07/2024) 
                                                     
            Commercial
                                                        banks earn
                                                        nearly Rs 56.5
                                                        billion in
                                                        profit over 11
                                                        months (kh
                                                      13/07/2024), Business
                                                        slowdown and
                                                        increased
                                                        operational
                                                        costs take toll
                                                        on banks’
                                                        profits in first
                                                        11 month of
                                                        current FY
                                                      (rep 13/07/2024) 
                                                     
            Banks
                                                        holding
                                                        non-banking
                                                        assets worth
                                                        over Rs 27bn
                                                      (ae 11/07/2024) 
                                                     
            Foreign
                                                        exchange
                                                        reserves rise by
                                                        27.8 percent
                                                      (kh 11/07/2024) 
            NRB
                                        to promote digital platforms for
                                        cross-border payment settlement
                                        through upcoming monetary policy
                                      (rep 10/06/2024) 
                                     
            Governor
                                        blames regulatory gaps for
                                        cooperatives crisis : Identifies
                                        unlimited expansion, unregulated
                                        deposits, undefined operational
                                        boundaries as contributing
                                        factors, by Purushottam
                                      Poudel (kp 09/07/2024) 
                                     
            NRB
                                recorded 57 percent more cases of
                                suspicious transactions in 2023 (rep
                              02/07/2024) 
                             
            Nepal
                                permits QR code payment in India and
                                Bhutan : Nepali payment system operators
                                say they will soon begin the service in
                                India. The daily transaction limit for
                                merchant payment is Rs15,000 or
                                Rs100,000 per month, by Krishana
                              Prasain (kp 28/06/2024), NRB
                                eases digital financial transactions
                                between Nepal and India (rep
                              28/06/2024), A
                                progressive step for cross-border
                                transactions (rep 29/06/2024) 
                             
            NRB to implement market
                                conduct supervision to protect banks’
                                customers from next FY (rep
                              26/06/2024) 
                             
            Record high
                                deposits in banking sector, but no signs
                                of increased loan demand (kh
                              23/06/2024) 
                             
            Degrading
                                quality of BFIs’ assets poses threat to
                                the stability of country’s financial
                                sector: NRB report (rep 21/06/2024) 
                             
            Monetary
                                policy not as flexible as during
                                COVID-19, banking sector under pressure:
                                Governor Adhikari 20/06/2024) 
            NRB
                                mops Rs 50 billion from financial system
                                amid liquidity surge (rep
                              20/06/2024) 
                             
            The
                                menace of microfinance : There is no
                                comprehensive research on the benevolent
                                outcomes of microfinance activities,
                              by Achyut Wagle (kp 18/06/2024) 
                             
            Commercial
                                banks reduce interest rates except for
                                Himalayan and Nabil (rep 15/06/2024) 
                             
            Net profit of BFIs
                                down by 15.03 percent in 10 months
                              (ae 13/06/2024) 
                             
            Banks’
                                lending rates likely to decline further
                                as economic slowdown continues. In the
                                last month of every fiscal year, banks
                                are usually flooded with additional
                                deposits: Bankers (rep 12/06/2024) 
                             
            IMF
                                shows concern over the audit report of
                                the credits issued by BFIs (rep
                              09/06/2024) 
            NRB
                                mops Rs 30 billion from financial system
                                for liquidity management (rep
                              09/06/2024) 
                             
            Banks
                        maintain 78 percent of their investment
                        portfolio in government securities (rep
                      08/06/2024) 
                     
            Paper-based
                        transactions belie Nepal’s digital growth :
                        Nepal’s digital payment race started quite late,
                        and cash transactions still outweigh digital
                        transactions, by Krishana Prasain (kp
                      08/06/2024) 
                     
            Over
                        Rs. 600 billion unused in banks amid stagnant
                        loan demand (kh 04/06/2024) 
                     
            RB
                        forwards 13-point policy to extend financial
                        access (rep 01/06/2024) 
                     
            Banks
                        yet to return premium charged on loan interest
                        against rules (rep 27/05/2024) 
                     
            Recessionary
                        fallout on banking : The economic revival looks
                        challenging if the government fails to take bold
                        countercyclical measures, by Achyut Wagle
                      (kp 21/05/2024) 
                     
            Bank
                        deposits witness Rs 26 billion surge (kh
                      21/05/2024) 
                     
            Monetary
                        policy review: Risk weightage of vehicle loan
                        reduced (rn 17/05/2024), Monetary
                        policy review seeks to boost equity supply,
                        housing, and auto loans (rep 18/05/2024) 
                     
            Most
                        banks lower deposit rates (ae 15/05/2024) 
                     
            Commercial
                        banks lowering interest rates on deposits from
                        Tuesday (rep 14/05/2024) 
            Global
                        IME Bank named ‘Best Bank in Nepal for 2024’ by
                        Global Finance Magazine (rep 14/05/2024) 
                     
            Nepal’s
                        banking industry is a leader in South Asia in
                        employing women : They make up 45 percent of
                        financial service staff, but much less in senior
                        positions, by Krishana Prasain (kp
                      11/05/2024) 
            Blacklisting
                        Of Banking Defaulters, by Dibakar Bashistha
                      (rn 10/05/2024) 
                     
            Blaming
                        NRB and Monetary Policy is Inappropriate, by
                      Mahaprasad Adhikari (kh 10/05/2024), The
                        Imperative of Correlating Finance and Monetary
                        Policy, by Madhu Marasini (kh 10/05/2024) 
                     
            Govt
                        advances ‘Sovereign Credit Rating’ (kh
                      27/04/2024) 
                     
            Standing
                        deposit facility in monetary policy : The money
                        market is expected to remain vibrant and dynamic
                        under the interest rate corridor framework,
                      by Ram Sharan Kharel (kp 23/04/2024) 
                     
            NRB
                        considers 18 out of 20 commercial banks in its
                        watchlist for strict onsite inspection : The
                        central bank received large number of complaints
                        against functioning of these banks in question
                      (rep 21/04/2024) 
                     
            Exploring
                        opportunities and Challenges of Increasing
                        Online Transactions in Nepal, by Chinmaya
                      Mishra (rep 20/04/2024) 
                     
            Central
                        bank panel proposes monthly QR code payment
                        limit at IRs100,000 for Nepalis in India : But
                        the limit does not apply for payments to be made
                        for services in hotels, hospitals and chemist
                        shops in India, by Krishana Prasain (kp
                      19/04/2024) 
                     
            Govt’s
                        tightening policy puts Nepali banks in jeopardy
                      (ae 17/04/2024) 
                     
            Banks
                        flouting NRB directives; Board accountability
                        questioned (kh 16/04/2024), Most
                        of the commercial banks fail to adopt good
                        governance practices: NRB (rep 16/04/2024),
                      Strengthen
                        oversight to ensure good governance practices in
                        banking sector (rep 17/04/2024) 
                     
            Commercial
                        bank branches surge by 2,000 in six years
                      (kh 16/04/2024) 
                     
            Banking
                        sector under scrutiny for KYC failures and lack
                        of high-profile individual details (kh
                      16/04/2024) 
                     
            Banks
                        reduce interest rates for Baisakh, except for
                        Everest and NMB Bank (rep 12/04/2024) 
                     
            Economic
                        slowdown and soaring bad debts hit banks’
                        profits (rep 11/04/2024) 
                     
            Viability
                        of the infrastructure bank : It prompts inquiry
                        into why the government ostensibly chose to
                        venture into the banking sector., by Lok
                      Bhattarai (kp 07/04/2024) 
                     
            Chitwan
                        reports more than 700 banking offense cases in
                        eight months (kh 29/03/2024) 
                     
            Majority
                        of commercial banks lower their base lending
                        rates to single digit (rep 25/03/2024) 
                     
            BFIs
                        urged to flow credit in productive sector
                      (ae 18/03/2024) 
                     
            17
                        banks reduce interest rates for Chaitra except
                        for NIC Asia Bank : Two banks maintain stability
                      (rep 13/03/2024) 
                     
            NRB
                        to sell development bonds worth Rs 8 billion
                      (kh 08/03/2024) 
                     
            Need
                        To Dispel Anti-banking Sentiments, by Uttam
                      Maharjan (rn 05/03/2024) 
                     
            Banks
                        in Nepal are secure: Governor Adhikari (kh
                      03/03/2024) 
                     
            NRB
                        allocates Rs 380 million in fixed deposits
                      (kh 28/02/2024) 
                     
            Governor
                        Adhikari asserts stability in banking and
                        financial institutions amidst challenges (kh
                      26/02/2024) 
                     
            RB
                        takes action against three development banks and
                        three finance companies (rep 15/02/2024) 
                     
            Nepal’s
                        10 largest banks to be audited by external
                        experts later this year : The IMF has promised
                        to provide credit amounting to $395.9 million
                        under the ECF facility (kp 14/02/2024) 
            NRB
                        revokes licenses of five money exchange
                        companies (rep 14/02/2024) 
                     
            Commercial
                        banks further reduce interest rates for Falgun
                      (rep 12/02/2024) 
                     
            BFIs
                        invest Rs 32.74 billion in home loans during
                        mid-July and mid-January (rep 11/02/2024) 
                     
            Debt
                        servicing eases as interest rate of internal
                        loans lowers : Debt to Gross Domestic Product
                        ratio rose to over 44 percent as of the second
                        quarter of current fiscal year (kp
                      10/02/2024) 
                     
            Central
                        banks versus markets : The ability to manage
                        market expectations plays a critical role in the
                        execution of monetary policy, by Paban Raj
                      Pandey (kp 08/02/2024) 
                     
            Half-yearly
                        economic review: Forex reserves reaches 1816.57
                        billion (kh 06/02/2024) 
                     
            Banks
                        grapple with excess liquidity as lending remains
                        cautious (kh 05/02/2024) 
                     
            Banks
                        fail to attract investors to take loans despite
                        lowering interest rates : ‘Interest rates likely
                        to fall further in coming days’ (rep
                      04/02/2024) 
                     
            Nepal’s
                        central bank proposes peer-to-peer lending to
                        support MSMEs growth : For the micro, small and
                        medium enterprises in Nepal, the estimated
                        financing gap is $3.6 billion (kp
                      31/01/2024) 
                     
            Nepal’s
                        banking sector faces impact of sluggish economy
                      (rep 28/01/2024) 
                     
            Banks
                        and financial institutions face NRB’s regulatory
                        action (kh 27/01/2024) 
                     
            NRB
                        Governor urges Agricultural Development Bank to
                        diversify its services (rep 22/01/2024) 
                     
            Nabil
                        fails to cash hydel project bond from Chinese
                        bank : Himalayan Bank, Bank of Kathmandu, and
                        Investment Bank faced similar issues in the past
                        in China and Italy, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
                      (kp 21/01/2024) 
                     
            Majority
                        of commercial banks reduce base interest rate on
                        lending to single-digit (rep 17/01/2024) 
            Bank
                        deposits reach Rs 6.1 trillion; borrowings
                        increase Rs 22 billion in 4 days (kh
                      17/01/2024) 
                     
            Nepali
                        payment service providers grapple with
                        operational challenges, report says : Nepal
                        Rastra Bank’s ‘Payment Systems Oversight Report’
                        flags shortcomings, calls for reforms (kp
                      12/01/2024) 
                     
            Foreign
                        exchange reserve up by 14.8%, sufficient for 14
                        months imports (rep 11/01/2024), Nepal
                        maintains record-high forex reserves of US $
                        13.31 billion : Nepal gains a significant amount
                        of foreign currency reserves due to a whopping
                        rise in remittance inflows (rep 12/01/2024) 
                     
            Banks
                        look for reducing interest rates further citing
                        excessive loanable funds with them (rep
                      10/01/2024) 
                     
            Banks
                        grapple with excess liquidity as demands for
                        loan disappear (ae 09/01/2024) 
                     
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